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Sunday, February 27, 2011 — 1:30 p.m., CC 007 A/B
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- Do Molecular Techniques Always Help the Surgical Pathologist?
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Moderators:
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Maria J. Merino, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD and
Christopher Moskaluk, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA
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Disclosure:
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In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Symposium) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. The speakers listed below have indicated they have nothing to disclose.
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| 1:30 |
How the Surgical Pathologist Helps in Developing New Therapies
- Christopher Moskaluk, University of Virginia Health Systems,
Charlottesville, VA |
| 2:05 |
Molecular Classification in Salivary Gland Tumors: Does it Aid in Diagnosis?
- Jennifer Hunt, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 2:40 |
Molecular Testing of Thyroid Nodules, Valuable? When? and Why?
- Virginia A. LiVolsi, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA |
| 3:15 | Break |
| 3:45 |
The New Molecular Classifications of Breast. Is it Ready for Use in Daily Practice?
- Jose Palacios, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain |
| 4:20 |
Morphology is the Molecular Marker in the Recognition of New Tumors in Renal Pathology
- Maria J. Merino, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD |
| 4:55 | Closing Remarks |
The ASIP Education Committee (Chair, Dr. Richard Michell) met on April 25, 2010 and reviewed the participant critiques of the 2008 - 2009 Companion Meetings. The 2010 critiques were reviewed when they were received in early June. The main educational objective of the previous Companion Meetings has been to demonstrate how advances in the understanding of pathogenesis can be applied to surgical pathology practice. The Committee agreed that this is a continuing educational need and should again be the focus of the 2011 Companion Meeting, with emphasis on the impact of molecular pathology this year. Specific goals should be to inform the audience of the mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and to teach how new understanding of the disease process and new experimental molecular technologies can lead to better diagnostic and prognostic tests. The Committee determined that the potential attendees of the ASIP Companion Meeting at USCAP in 2011, who are predominantly surgical pathologists, could best benefit from strategies to utilize molecular pathology. The Committee selected Dr. Maria Merino as organizer of the 2011 Companion Meeting; she will select a co-moderator from among members of ASIP who are also USCAP members. Dr. Mark Sobel will be the liaison between the Committee and the organizers to develop the most effective educational program.
The organizers searched the most recent literature for the most important advances in molecular pathology to determine topics for the 2011 companion meeting.
Objective: Pathologists need new strategies to solve key differential diagnostic problems for tumors. The objective of the ASIP Companion Meeting is to demonstrate how advances in the understanding of molecular pathogenesis and molecular diagnostic techniques can be applied to surgical pathology practice.
Goals: Inform attendees about newly discovered molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and new molecular technologies that can lead to better diagnostic and prognostic tests and pathologists’ recommendations for appropriate therapies. |
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